Ipswich And Bundamba . f their employees, their generositytowards all public charities, and their far-sighted policy in assisting settlersto obtain homes of their own, has given them a position honoured above thatof any establishment in Queensland. The work of Cribb and Foote has beena national one. Messrs, G. H. Wilson and Co., general merchants, the second oldest firmin Ipswich, was established in 1853, and does a large business over West Old Commercial Firms. \ 36 IPSWICH AND BUNDANBA. Moreton, Darling Downs, and Western Queensland. In those early days allgoods arrived by water, and were ca
Ipswich And Bundamba . f their employees, their generositytowards all public charities, and their far-sighted policy in assisting settlersto obtain homes of their own, has given them a position honoured above thatof any establishment in Queensland. The work of Cribb and Foote has beena national one. Messrs, G. H. Wilson and Co., general merchants, the second oldest firmin Ipswich, was established in 1853, and does a large business over West Old Commercial Firms. \ 36 IPSWICH AND BUNDANBA. Moreton, Darling Downs, and Western Queensland. In those early days allgoods arrived by water, and were carried inland by bullock teams. LikeCribb and Foote, they have seen the district change from a purely pastoralprovince to be the scene of intense farming operations. They have watched thedevelopment of the great coal-mining industry—even now only on the verge ofits possibilities—and the still more marvellous change wrought by the cuttingup of the large estates for close settlement, and the advent of modern PLOTTR MILL. Other Industries. Amongst other industries Ipswich possesses a well-equipped flour mill, anda soap factory, at Churchill, turning out household soap, kerosene soap, andsoda crystals—about 15 to 20 tons per month. Local Government. In addition to the Ipswich City Council, the West Moreton is well suppliedwith local government bodies. There is a Town Council at Laidley, and theShire Councils of Bundanba, Purga, Rosewood, Walloon, Tarampa, Esk,Laidley, Goolman, and Normanby exercise local authority over their respectiveareas. Press. The Press of Ipswich and West Moreton is represented by The Queens-land Times, established in 1859, an influential tri-weekly journal with a verylarge circulation, published at Ipswich. Other papers circulating in WestMoreton are:—The Moreton Leader (Ipswich); The Lockyer Star IPSWICH AND BTJNDANBA. (Laidley); The Fassifern Chronicle and The Faastf&s^.{Boonah); Esk Record (Esk); Gatton Mail (Gatton); and theTimes, a mon
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